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Greatest Songs of the 70's

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Rated 37 points - posted 15 years ago by mail4gigi in category Music.

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Let It Be - The Beatles

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Imagine - John Lennon

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Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

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A Horse With No Name - America

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Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan

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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) - Elton John

The song was released in 1973 as the album's second single, and entered the Top Ten in both the United Kingdom and the United States. It was one of John's biggest hits.

385 points - added 14 years ago by guest - 1 comment

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His vocals on this are simply amazing! A masterpiece.

Added 14 years ago by coker65, 0 points

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Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel

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Sweet Home Alabama ~ Lynard Skynard

378 points - added 14 years ago by guest - 1 comment

Comments:

spelled Lynyrd Skynynrd

Added 12 years ago by redbarron80, 27 points

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Changeling by The Doors

Wild cherry ripped off the riff

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Hotel Claifornia

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Iron Man - Black Sabbath

Even if you don't like heavy metal, this is a great song.

341 points - added 15 years ago by mail4gigi - 3 comments

Comments:

ta-da ta-da-ta ta-dadadadadadada ta-da-ta

Added 13 years ago by NickDrake, 6 points

Even if you're pop music fan, this song makes you love heavy metal, and you can be addicted to this song. That's what happened to me.

Added 13 years ago by guest, 4 points

AWESOME song this. Pity everyone keeps shooting it down, such a classic riff

Added 14 years ago by guest, 3 points

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Angie - The Rolling Stones

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Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

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The Way We Were-Barbra Streisand

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Sweet Emotion-Aerosmith

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Layla - Derek & The Dominos

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Dream On - Aerosmith

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Highway to Hell - AC/DC

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LA Woman The DOORS

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Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce

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We've Only Just Begun-Carpenter

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Smoke in the water - Deep Purple

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Hopelessly Devoted to You - Olivia Newton-John

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Ben

only Michael Jackson can sing about a rat and make you wanna cry

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Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

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Walk This Way - Aerosmith

EPIC SONG.

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Dust in the Wind - Kansas

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BALLROOM BLITZ - Sweet 1973

2nd offering from Sweet in 1973 (written by Mike Chapman & Nicky Chinn). 'Are you ready Steve?' Uh huh 'Andy?' yeah 'Mick?' OK - 'Alright Fellas, let's go!!! Should have made number 1 - but was held off the top spot by that other 70s party favourite . . . St Winifred's School Choir with . . . . . . 'there's no one quite like grandma': URGH!!!! Btw - Mick Tucker's attention grabbing drum intro was stolen by bloody Jive Bunny!

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Changes - David Bowie

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Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon

From the 1977 James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me." Composed by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, it was Oscar Nominated for Best Song.

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Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent

What list is complete without Ted Nugent.

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Night Moves - Bob Seger

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More Than A Feeling - Boston

Great guitar rock.

202 points - added 15 years ago by mail4gigi - 1 comment

Comments:

Along with "Stairway", the perfect rock song.

Added 14 years ago by coker65, 0 points

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The Cat's in the Cradle - Harry Chapin.

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Fire and Rain - James Taylor

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Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel

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La Grange-ZZ Top

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FREEBIRD

Skynyrd

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Bad Company - Bad Company

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Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who

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Crazy On You - Heart

The Wilson Sisters are such wonderful singers/musicians. This is a great song.

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Action - Sweet

everybody wnts a piece of the pie.This is the way of life and this song tells the truth.

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BLOCKBUSTER - Sweet 1973

THIS is when music changed in the seventies! I can hear the police siren at the beginning now!

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Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush

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You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone

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American Pie - Don McLean

This song has a wonderful flow, tells a great story, and is easy to sing along with.

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Killing Me Softly with His Song - Roberta Flack

"Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a 1971 song composed by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel. It was inspired by Lori Lieberman's response to having seen a performance by Don McLean. It has been covered by numerous artists, most notably by Roberta Flack, whose version topped the U.S. pop singles charts, and won a Grammy Award.

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Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC

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Saturday in the Park - Chicago

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Lying Eyes - The Eagles.

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Superstition - Stevie Wonder

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You're so vain - Carly Simon.

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Evil Woman - Electric Light Orchestra

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Changes - Black Sabbath

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Sister Golden Hair - America

Great guitar, great lyrics...you know you are singing it now!

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Send in the Clowns - Judy Collins

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Fame - David Bowie

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Black Water - The Doobie Brothers

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Time - Pink Floyd

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Dance the Night Away - Van Halen

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Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed

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Somebody to Love - Queen

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Dreams - Fleetwood Mac

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Your Song - Elton John

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Isn't she lovely - Stevie Wonder

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Soul Love-David Bowie

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Handy Man - James Taylor

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Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh

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Midnight at the Oasis - Maria Muldaur

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Theme From "Shaft" - Issac Hayes

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Alone Again - Gilbert O'Sullivan

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Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones

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Killer Queen-Queen

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You're my first, my last, my everything - Barry White.

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Don't stop til you get enough MIchael Jackson

well i believe the year was 1979 and well any thing on the off the wall albym was great

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Reelin' in the Years - Steely Dan

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Don't it Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle

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Proud Mary - Ike and Tina Turner

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Stayin' Alive - The Bee Gees

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Lady Marmalade - Labelle

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Shano on you crazy diamond - Pink Floyd

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Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller Band

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I'm not in love - 10 cc

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Come Sail Away - Styx

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Doctor My Eyes - Jackson Browne

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Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen

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Me and Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul

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If you leave me now - Chicago

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Surrender - Cheap Trick

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Baby Come Back - Player

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Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale

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I Am Woman - Helen Reddy

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I Can't Stand the Rain - Ann Peebles

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E.L.O. (Electric Light Orchestra)

The song was voted as Anthem of the Midlands beating other songs such as "Come on Eileen" and "Stairway to Heaven"[

9 points - added 14 years ago by guest - 1 comment

Comments:

Errata corridge: the title is Mr.Blu Sky

Added 14 years ago by marco, 0 points

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School's Out - Alice Cooper

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Rock and Roll All Nite - Kiss

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Right Down the Line

6 points - added 10 years ago by guest - 1 comment

Comments:

Gerry Rafferty

Added 10 years ago by guest, 5 points

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Love Train - The O'Jays

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Showdown - Electric Light Orchestra

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Breakdown - The Alan Parsons Project

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